Albert & Victoria
by Duff, David Albert Victoria
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex Lib VG/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0584100094
- ISBN 13
- 9780584100099
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1972 HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1972* Publisher: Frederick Muller* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet faux leather, Gilt title to spine and face, No rubs or bumps. F* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED Ex Library copy, has been in clear protective library cover now removed, spine slightly faded and with green Dewey label. VG+* Contents condition: B/w print to ep?s. Ex School Library with neat stamps and labels to prelims only. Clean, crisp, tight and bright. No annotations. VG * Illustrations: Numerous B/W photographic plates.* Pages: 281 pp. text. 40 pp. Sources, Bibliography & Index.* Poor Albert 'the Good', mated to a woman of passionate feminity, his heart was left in Coburg, Germany. Planners masterminded his marriage and quietly disposed of those who stood in the way of his suit. Victoria deified his memory, with word, stone and honour, to last untarnished through her vision of the years. A near VG+ ex-library copy of the FIRST EDITION, very little used.
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- Seller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5168
- Title
- Albert & Victoria
- Author
- Duff, David Albert Victoria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex Lib VG/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0584100094
- ISBN 13
- 9780584100099
- Publisher
- Muller
- Place of Publication
- London 320
- Date Published
- 1972-01-01
- Keywords
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 --, Marriage, Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of, Great Britain, 1819-1861 -- Marriage, Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography, Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Size
- , facsim., ports. 26 cm.
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Poor
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Price Clipped
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